Chapter 9: Jumped

Salem's POV

After I asked around for the nearest small restaurant, I found a place called pearls dinner and went inside for some grub. The place was like your typical dinner nothing special and I wasn't that busy so there were empty seats. So, I just got to a table and looked at the menu.

"Hello their honey you here alone?" A waitress asked me.

"Yes ma'am." I simply answered and put the menu down. "I'll have two chicken tender plates with mayonnaise dipping, a large steak, three chicken wraps, an apple pie and a vanilla milkshake please." I ordered and she had an unsure look on her face when I did. "Don't miss I can pay for it I promise." I did understand anime world or not any person would wonder if a kid my new age had any money on em.

After some minute of waiting, I began than began to chow down and my big order got the attention of some customers. In was hunger due too the long traveling and monster hiding and fighting since morning. After sometime I was done with my meal a was satisfied.

"Finished sweaty?" The waitress come by and I nodded. "You must have been really hungry huh little guy." She chuckled. "Do you need anything else?".

"Am yeah can I get a beef burger and some chicken wings to go please?" I asked and she nodded. After some minutes she came back with my take-way and I paid in full for everything and left her a tip much to her relief.

"Oh thank god I thought you were going to pull a din and dash." She chuckled.

"Well thanks for the me see ya." I said my goodbyes and was now on the streets just wondering around.

'Hm I should probably find a place to crush first than cash in all these diamonds for extra income.' I thought to myself as I just asked some people for a place I could get a room which brought me to a moderate motel of sorts.

After I got a room much to the clerk's confusion on why a child as myself was there alone I managed to get a room. It wasn't anything fancy but it was good enough. A jumped on the bed and snuggled into the pillow being so long since I've slept on a soft surface.

"Aw man that feels nice." I than took out the box containing the chicken wings and some saving some and burger for my dinner. I just took out my map a started looking into the locations of this country to at least get a rundown of it.

"Man since am not in fiore I don't know what to expect." I scratched my head and got up from my bed I left the map, compass and the left over crowns in a drawer in the room and took the diamonds to cash them in.

After I looked the room behind me and saw the time is was 3:00 so I still got time before it got dark. I left the motel complex and began to look around.

"Earthland is a world which medieval/modern times or something I don't know the time and technology of the series really confused. But there has to be a gold for cash place somewhere." I scratched my head. I than decided to ask someone for help than I saw a man with a man with buzz black hair by a bench.

"Hey mister do you a place where I can trade some stuff." I asked him.

"Huh what kind of stuff kid?" He asked me raising an eyebrow.

"Oh you know like trading a watch you have on you for some quick cash." I said and he nodded.

"Well kid there's a place two blocks from here called Tit for Tat. Just go straight take a right and finally go straight again to get there trust me you won't miss it." He instructed.

"Thanks mister."

"No problem kid." He than went on with his business.

After I followed his instructions and saw a building which had the Tit for Tat sign on it. I than got in the building and saw the place was empty and saw a guy but the a counter so I walked over to him.

"Hey there little guy what can I do for you." He asked.

"I'm well you guys exchange items for money right." I asked and he nodded. "Well I like to exchange some diamonds for cash." I said am his eyes widened.

"My I see one?" He asked and I took out a diamond and handed him one of the gems for him to inspect. "Hm nice very nice this is the real deal alright." He muttered.

"So what do you think?" I asked.

"What I think. BOYS WE FOUND OUR BIG BREAK!!" He yelled much to my confusion and suddenly a was tied together by some energy chains and brought to the floor my bag separated from me.

"HWHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!!" I yelled in surprise. The the appearance of the place changed to an old run down looking bar. 8 men than came out and one of them was the guy I asked directions from. "YOU THIEVING ASS MOTHERFUCKER!!" I snared at him and the whole group which they laughed at.

"Wow kids got some colorful language huh." One of them said.

"Well kid consider this a lesson kid." The buzz cut guy said. I was not about to let these assholes rob me and get away with it.

'BEAST SOUL: WERECHETAH!' I transformed into my cheetah form but I was still in binds. "RAGGH" I roared  as I strangled to break the binds which I did. The guys seemed to be in shock I don't know if it was the transformation or the binds.

"SHIT HIS ALSO A MAGE!"

"HIS JUST A KID PLUS THER- AHHH!!"  He didn't finish his sentence as he was the one holding my bag and I slashed his chest at high speeds gushing blood and I grabbed my bag but before I could run for the door my feet where stuck in some mud like substance.

"Like my MUD MAGIC: QUICKSAND kid." One of them said as he turned some of the floor to quicksand.

"Your not going anywhere with those goods kid. Especially after what you did to our boy" The big biggest one said cracking his knuckles.

"Go fuck yourselves." I said I could so I burst out of it with my speed.

"Bind magic: Net!" One of them said and flung a net at me which I easily dodged easily but it stuck on the door preventing me from leaving and I so quickly punched him in the face sending across the room.

The others tried to attack me but only 3 seemed to have magic plus they weren't very fast so I was running circles around them but they sure could take my hits.

"OHF FUCK BOSS HIS TOO FAST!!" One of them yelled as he was struggling to stand as I kicked him hard in the gut

"JOE!!" The buff guy yelled as there was a claw mark on his cheek.

"Got it! MUD MAGIC: MUD RING!" The whole floor turned into mud so I slipped and fell on the floor.

'Not a problem ANIMAL MAGIC: OWL!' I went into my owl form and noticed all the guys boots were glowing.  was in the air which gave me a little advantage but the space too small for me to properly maneuver but I could still make it work.

"FLARE!" The leader yelled and a blinding light blocked my vision of everything. Than felt somethings wrapping around my legs, waist, wings, neck and legs and brought me down to the floor hard leaving a crack. Most of them each had one

"NOW!!" Suddenly all the wrappings began shocking me electricity with making cry in pain.

The shocking went on for a while till I was out of my owl form but it still went going. I was barely conscious as I was in a lot of pain my body a twitching as my nerves and body were fried. I lost consciousness after that not before hearing those smug bustards laughter and victory over beating a child.

Sometime later

"Argh I feel like crap " I groaned as I woke up and looked around and saw I was in a clinic of sorts and sleeping on a hospital bed wrapped in some bandages.

"Oh glad you're awake." A Black haired man in a lab was sitting across the room. " You sure do recover fast the amount of electricity in your system I didn't think you'll be out for just four and a half hours." He said.

"Who are you?" I asked him.

"Oh right am Doctor Maple and an old woman by the name Matilda found you passed out on the road and brought you here." He explained. "So who did you end up like that?" He asked so I explained the incident and he looked angry and annoyed.

"Well young man bandits and dark mages have been on the high since the four horsemen died last month and yet to be replaced so please be careful."

"The four horsemen?" I asked at the new concept.

"The four horsemen are basically people come second in running the country after the royal families." He gave me a brief explanation but I'll look into it later.

After some few minutes he gave me some painkillers and told me to take it easy for some few days he told to rest for the night in the clinic but I refused. If he said the treatment was free which I thanked him for and I asked if he new when that Matilda lady lived so I could go thank her which he sadly didn't. I made it back to the motel even though my body still hurt like a bitch.

I collapsed on my bed and took out the food I was saving and began eating angrily . I was pissed at those guys for robbing and electrocuting me.

'They think they got away huh when I find them I will rip them apart!" I thought to all the things I would to them.

The building shock slightly as my body glowed green as my thoughts got more violent.

"Wow slow easy there tiger." I jumped as I heard the familiar voice.

"R.O.B?" I saw the ROB disguised as Morpheus sitting on a chair.

"Hey kid we need to talk about something." He said seriously